River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-03-17

! planning that he was imperatively
called away. but would be back early
in the morning. he turned out the
/ lights. and we were soon striding
briskly along towards the nearest
station.
/ A walk of aquarter of a mile brought
US there; and in few minutes l was
( speeding towards Euston once more,
provided this time with hat and over
coat of tie good doctors. A cab,
whose pace endangered our safety and
that of some of the foot-pas sengers.
brought US, all too slowly, to Scotland
Yard.
/ After certain amount of parleying,
/ in which / left everything to my COM
/ paniOn. we were ushered into the pres
/ ence of an oflicial-a broad-shouidered,
/ square-headed gentleman. with very
+ piercing ewes, and an uneopimonly
/ pleasant expression of countenance.
This was Chief Inspector Rosebush
the redoubtable puller of the strings
which had brought many and many
/ a criminal. who had almost struggled
/ free of the fatal consequences of his
misdeeds, back into the throttlin5 meshes
which Nemesis spreads for the breakers
Of laws. / looked at him not only with
curiosity and some admiration. but
with a touch of romantic interest. Here
was my hope. under Heaven. of rescu-
ing an innocent girl from the power of
yillain-of recovering my love, of safe
guarding her from the wiles of her
enemies.
MIR Rosebush listened with a per-
fectly impassiEe face, while Shaw, also
profes sionally impressive. put before
/ him with admirable succinctness the
main features of the case. Now and
then he turned his piercing eyes upon
me, and pus some simple but pertinent
question. NV answers to these oc-
casiOnal enquiries were all that / con-
.ributed to the conversation in which
was so deeply interested. DIR.
Shaw for the present Ommitted to relate
circumstantially the story of Hardy's
murder.
Occasionally interruptions came from
the telephone which was close at hand.
Then the inspector. coUTteously raising
his hand to bespeak our indulgence,
would listen 10 the murmured message
from afar. and sometimes immediately,
sometimes after moments thought,
would consign to the machine the words
that often meant the doom of the hard
ly-hunted quarry of justice. His in
structions given, he leaned forward
again in his CUSTOMARY attitude of
courteous attention.
Hanover Lodger' he said at
last. This must all be seen
to And then he proceeded to detail
some instructions to an invisible myr-
midon by means of the telephone. Par
don me, | said, rather agitaied by his
calmness, '.but Hanover Lodge, can
wait, and in the meantime every min
ute j. valuable to prevent the escape of
PlOwitz :
I'VE shall be in time for him." said
the inspector reassuringly. According
to your impression of the time they left
Hanover Lodge, they could not have
been able to catch anv of the night
boats for the Continent By the time
the mOrning-boats start, all the ports
will be watched. and if they attempt to
cross We shall know of it at once. We
must first ascertain whether they left
London BY any night-train.
..How can YOU 10 that if they are al
ready gomez" I asked, somewhat ir-
ritatcd by his GOODNESS.
lie smiled. a 8 head-master will
sometimes smile from his unapproach-
able height upon a small boy who has
betrayed doubt of magisterial omni-
science. and said
1--WE always have people watching.
and they acquire a habit of observing,
even if they 10 not see the persons they
are looking for. No doubt we shall
hear something of Mr.. Plowitz if he
has left town by any night-train.
There was minute of silence, Of
Thought. Then the clear incisive voice
of the Inspector was heard again:
"Prymont. You say, is thought to be
their destination"
| repeated my grounds both for be-
lieying and doubling the truth of the
Basilisk's statement
ut Is quite possible" said Rosebush.
He rose and took down an album from
a press in the wall. '.Pyrmonti There
+ is a gentleman who is connected with
PyrmOnt for whom we have been keep
ing sharp lookout for some time. This
book contains the photographs of a
number eff people who are very much
wanted here. That is Flimsy the great
/ banknote-forger; there's the man who
/ is wanted for the Charing Cross muir
der; and there's a man who is as much
sought for in Germany as he is in Eng
/ land-Otto Blitz, the eoiner."
The thin. Is finger of the in
I spector hid the face from my sight.
But a. he raised gave a cry of aston
ishment. of delight. | seized RoSebush
I bv the arm.
..That is the mani That's the mani
He left Hanover Lodge few hours
ago!'
The impressive inspector suddenly
/ flashed into enthusiasm. 1t was evil
/ IDENTITY great news for him.
.'Lo0k again! he cried. BE surem
THAT, said deliberately, lis the
man Plowitz. who left Hanover Lodge
with Miss Fortescue this very night"